Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Elder Ruby hasn't been communicating much to us lately. I do know he spent 30 hours last week to prepare for transfers. Here was his report before the transfers happened, so I will hopefully get a full report soon. As you can see from the pictures, it is a very big process, especially when this mission has never done transfers like this before. Enjoy!

Yeah, the transfer process took all week long. We
finished on Friday afternoon and then called all the Zone Leaders with
their zones' assignments on Saturday morning. It turned out alright.
When we talked with them this morning the zone leaders all had
good reports. If everyone follows directions, it should all run smoothly
tomorrow. Today we are driving up to Santa Barbara around 2:30 to pick
up the new missionaries. They are so funny. They are so excited and
nervous. They ask questions like "When do I get
my trainer?" "Are you guys the APs?" " How long have you been out?"
"What's your favorite area?" "Do you get fed a lot?" "Do you eat a lot
of seafood?" "Is the traffic always this bad?"

Tomorrow morning at 6am I will be heading up to Santa Maria with a
Senior Missionary: Elder Floyd. We will start at the stake center and we
will pick up missionaries who are going south and

head down the
mission, We will pick up and drop off as we go.
I will be driving a 10 passenger van and Elder Floyd will be driving a
truck and trailer for all the luggage. Elder Young will do the same with
another senior missionary but he will start at the bottom of the
mission and drive up.

I am excited for Elder Boyce, my new companion. He's from Rigby, Idaho and he wants
to be a mountain guide in the Teton Mountains. We also have a training meeting on Tuesday and a
District leader training on Thursday. This
week is going to be busy. This month will also be busy. MLC is next
Tuesday. This transfer we will have two zone conferences and two MLC's.
Next transfer there will be a mission tour. Elder Hamula of the Seventy
will be coming!

The Finished Train

He also gave himself a haircut. He looks pretty good!

Elder Ruby had the "opportunity" to eat sushi. Here's a little about his experience:)

These are pictures that a member took of my first time eating sushi.
Yep, and the orange stuff on the top of the second one is calamari. . .
It was all pretty good except for the thought that I was eating raw fish.

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